A little over two years ago I boarded a bus heading back home from a prison in South Dakota. Before being released, I was going to have to spend some time in a local halfway house. My wife Julie asked if there was anything I needed for my stay at the halfway house. I asked…
Read MoreThe refrain for the hymn Blessed Assurance begins with ‘This is my Story.’ It has been almost a year since I finished my story, ‘Therefore I Have Hope.’ It is not really my story, because it has very little to do about me and everything to do about God’s grace. Over the past year I…
Read MoreI love to watch the old Honeymooners reruns. The main character, Ralph Kramden, used to tell his wife, Alice, that he was the king of his castle. After reading about King Herod in the Bible, I am not sure it is good to be a king. King Herod had put John the Baptist in prison…
Read MoreLast week I was going write a follow-up to the blog written on July 19th and even put a precursor at the end of the blog. It was going to be another story about the adventures of my dad and my Uncle Verne. It was a good story but something was missing. My son Nick…
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